Ah, so that's where I saw the vase originally. It was because of that thread that I knew the vase I stumbled across was Kleopatra - or at least looked very similar. But when I got home I couldn't for the life of me recall if it was on here or elsewhere that the link was.

Again, many thanks! You're a star.

Okay, forgive me if this comes across as a little dense... but what's the difference between a Whitefriars' studio range and the pieces that appeared in the trade catalogues? I'm not really a Whitefriars buff, and it was a completely accidental purchase - fortuitously so.

vidfletch

The Amber one in the third photo is not Whitefriars I am afraid. These are modern and Polish. I have had a Kingfisher Blue one with a Made in Poland label on it! Additionally if you look through the catalogues on whitefriars.com and whitefriars.org you won't see this one.

There are a lot of modern polish jugs "in the style of " Whitefriars out there. I see them every weekend too! Bear in mind that a lot of the Scandinavian companies made very similar styles of jugs. They were the big thing in the fifities and sixties obviously. The East Europeans have cottoned on to the fact they are popular again.